A college coach jumps from a lower tier program to a more well known program shortly after saying he wouldn't. Wow. Totally shocking and unprecedented. Almost like a school President or AD supporting a coach and then firing him shortly thereafter

I think the Gophers might end up looking worse. Tubby Smith's buyout is I think equivalent to the GDP of Estonia, and it sounds like Minnesota has struck out on even the corpse of Flip Saunders. Brilliant.

I'd actually like it if some Indiana fan could chime in with why Alford didn't wind up getting handed the IU job, since he's this legend and former Mister Basketball in Indiana and played for Knight and is a legend as a player, did they forget how legendary his feats as a player were?

Generation_D:Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Dude couldn't succeed at IOWA. But I'm sure things will go much better at UCLA.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'd actually like it if some Indiana fan could chime in with why Alford didn't wind up getting handed the IU job, since he's this legend and former Mister Basketball in Indiana and played for Knight and is a legend as a player, did they forget how legendary his feats as a player were?

I'm not an Indiana fan (Iowa fan), but Bob Knight was still at Indiana for almost eighteen months after Steve Alford took the Iowa job.

I'm not 100% sure why Indiana didn't get Alford any time in the following years, as they had two solid opportunities before Alford left Iowa. I don't really think of Alford as a stand-up guy (and in the context of college basketball coaches, the bar is already set pretty low for that to begin with, so that's saying something), so maybe that had something to do with it, even if Indiana hired Sampson (whoops!).

KiwDaWabbit:Generation_D: Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Dude couldn't succeed at IOWA. But I'm sure things will go much better at UCLA.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'd actually like it if some Indiana fan could chime in with why Alford didn't wind up getting handed the IU job, since he's this legend and former Mister Basketball in Indiana and played for Knight and is a legend as a player, did they forget how legendary his feats as a player were?

I'm not an Indiana fan (Iowa fan), but Bob Knight was still at Indiana for almost eighteen months after Steve Alford took the Iowa job.

I'm not 100% sure why Indiana didn't get Alford any time in the following years, as they had two solid opportunities before Alford left Iowa. I don't really think of Alford as a stand-up guy (and in the context of college basketball coaches, the bar is already set pretty low for that to begin with, so that's saying something), so maybe that had something to do with it, even if Indiana hired Sampson (whoops!).

Basketball teams in Indiana taking a pass on him isn't exactly unprecedented. Just look how the Pacers passed him over to draft Reggie Miller.

ongbok:KiwDaWabbit: Generation_D: Now That's What I Call a Taco!: Dude couldn't succeed at IOWA. But I'm sure things will go much better at UCLA.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'd actually like it if some Indiana fan could chime in with why Alford didn't wind up getting handed the IU job, since he's this legend and former Mister Basketball in Indiana and played for Knight and is a legend as a player, did they forget how legendary his feats as a player were?

I'm not an Indiana fan (Iowa fan), but Bob Knight was still at Indiana for almost eighteen months after Steve Alford took the Iowa job.

I'm not 100% sure why Indiana didn't get Alford any time in the following years, as they had two solid opportunities before Alford left Iowa. I don't really think of Alford as a stand-up guy (and in the context of college basketball coaches, the bar is already set pretty low for that to begin with, so that's saying something), so maybe that had something to do with it, even if Indiana hired Sampson (whoops!).

Basketball teams in Indiana taking a pass on him isn't exactly unprecedented. Just look how the Pacers passed him over to draft Reggie Miller.

Peter von Nostrand:A college coach jumps from a lower tier program to a more well known program shortly after saying he wouldn't. Wow. Totally shocking and unprecedented. Almost like a school President or AD supporting a coach and then firing him shortly thereafter

What do you care? You just like watching young men in shorts getting all sweaty with a ball.